Is on-demand transaction software ready for prime time?

From: CFO.com
By: John Edwards, CFO Magazine

Pay-per-view ERP

DataServ offers a variety of capabilities that allow companies to outsource their ERP headaches. Our clients do not have to purchase hardware, software, additional facilities or staff. The capabilities we offer allow our solutions to integrate with our clients' existing ERP systems that they have heavily invested in. By using our services, our clients are able to decrease their overhead costs and increase productivity. We eliminate the headaches of upgrading software and backing up data. We offer the most up to date cutting-edge technology to our clients therefore eliminating technological obsolescence.

From: CFO Magazine
By: Megan Santosus

Growth comes at a price - and often it's a company's human-resources department that has to pay it. Consider Genmar Holdings Inc., a $1 billion maker of recreational boats sold under such brands as Wellcraft, Seaswirl, and Larson. A multiyear acquisition spree made it difficult for the company to obtain consolidated information at the corporate level. Even tallying its current number of employees proved elusive.

Yet David Mahler knew how many IT staffers he had: one.

So when talk turned to buying a new HR system, Mahler, the treasurer at Genmar sister company Jacobs Management Corp., which provides a range of administrative services to Genmar, knew it had to be easy to implement and even easier to run - and it had to cost very little money.

Click on the link below to find out how "software-as-a-service" providers are working with companies to help improve their HR functions.

By Popular Demand

From: Outsourcing Journal
By: Paul Nowacki, Engagement Director, Sonal Singla, Senior Research Analyst

So you decided to outsource your finance and accounting (F&A) processes to a supplier. Okay. So what happens to the F&A systems? Should you package them along with the people and processes and transfer them to the supplier?

Most people who have visited this question have chosen a "No;" only eight percent transferred ownership of systems to suppliers while outsourcing F&A processes. Click the link below to find out how to leverage your relationship with your FAO Supplier in order to lower your costs and increase your compliance.

No Need to Change Systems When Outsourcing F&A Processes

DataServ realizes that companies have spent a tremendous amount of time and money on their current ERP systems. Therefore we work with our clients to leverage their existing investments in their ERP systems. Together, with our clients, we create solutions that fit their needs by offering the "add-on" technology tools that will leverage their capabilities to the max. We bring additional capabilities to our FAO relationships and use cutting-edge technology to prevent technological obsolescence for our clients.

by: Joanna Young
Quarter 4 2005

No company wants to follow the path of outsourcing, only to unwittingly approach a pitfall during the transition phase. Mirant Corporation, an international energy supplier with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, certainly wanted to avoid this potential calamity, as it turned to outsourcing in the first place for solutions to calamity-type business challenges.

Read about how energy company, Mirant, successfully transitioned an outsourcing relationship while going through a corporate restructuring at the same time.

The Journey to Outsourcing

DataServ, a St. Louis-based technology firm that provides document-centric™ solutions and technologies announces that Carolyn Berra has accepted a newly created position of Inside Account Manager. An experienced business development professional, Berra will be involved in the acquisition of new business for the company. Prior to joining DataServ, Berra was a Territory Manager in Direct Sales with American Express. She is a graduate of both Stephens College in Columbia, MO and Saint Louis University, where she will be pursuing her MBA.